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[[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[πρᾶος]], [[ἤπιος]], [[φιλάνθρωπος]], [[ἥμερος]], [[ἐπιεικής]], [[verse|V.]] [[πρευμενής]], [[πέπων]].

[[soft]]: [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[μαλακός]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[μαλθακός]], [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[λεῖος]] ([[Plato]]).

[[quiet]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἥσυχος]], [[ἡσυχαῖος]] ([[Plato]]), [[prose|P.]] [[ἡσύχιος]], [[ἠρεμαῖος]].

[[moderate]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[μέτριος]].

[[on a gentle slope]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ἐν ἠρέμα προσάντει]] ([[Plato]], ''[[Phaedrus]]'' 230C).

of [[motion]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἥσυχος]].

of [[gentle birth]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[γενναῖος]], [[εὐγενής]] ([[Plato]] and [[Thucydides|Thuc.]]), [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἐσθλός]].
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